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978-0307592736. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail is the 2012 memoir by the American writer, author, and podcaster Cheryl Strayed. The memoir describes Strayed's 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995 as a journey of self-discovery. The book reached No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, and was the first ...
Diarrhea from water. Trail map. The Pacific Crest Trail ( PCT ), officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, which lie 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 km) east of the U.S. Pacific coast.
The Triple Crown of Hiking refers to the three major U.S. long-distance hiking trails: Appalachian Trail – 2,194 miles (3,531 km), between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine and traversing North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont ...
Known as the Link Trail until 2007. Superior Hiking Trail: 310 499 Minnesota: Wisconsin border east of Jay Cooke State Park: 270 Degree Overlook at the Canada–US border: follows north shore of Lake Superior: Susquehannock Trail System: 83.4 134 Pennsylvania: Loop trail in Susquehannock State Forest. Tahoe Rim Trail: 165 266 California + Nevada
The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail is a 1,210-mile (1,950 km) trail extending from Nogales on the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, through the California desert and coastal areas in Southern California and the Central Coast region to San Francisco. [ 1] The trail commemorates the 1775–1776 land route that Spanish commander Juan ...
Yosemite Valley ( / joʊˈsɛməti / yoh-SEM-ə-tee; Yosemite, Miwok for "killer") is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about 7.5 mi (12.1 km) long and 3,000–3,500 ft (910–1,070 m) deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome ...
The Cactus to Clouds Trail (C2C) is a hiking route in California. It begins in Palm Springs, California, and ascends to San Jacinto Peak. With a net elevation gain of roughly 10,300 feet (3,100 m), it has one of the greatest elevation increases among day-hike routes in the United States. The elevation gain happens in only 16 miles (26 km), also ...
A software engineer was found dead four days after he disappeared while seeking help for his girlfriend, who suffered heat exhaustion during a hike amid scorching temps in California.